the hunger games the first one was good but the rest of them were confusing and hopped all over the place don't bother reading it
Ever read a book so bad that you actaully stopped reading?
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But 20 bucks can buy me at least 4 balls of yarn too, so there's just so many decisions! And all of the books I want right now are box sets, so it's at least 50 bucks or more, and that's a video game so even more decisions.SnakeoilSage said:No, no, I understand. We each have our preferences. My girlfriend loves classics and romances, whereas I'm more fantasy/urban fantasy pulp. I have a lot of Forgotten Realms shared fiction in addition to the Dresden Files series. Heck, I even enjoyed the Harry Potter books. A good story is a good story.
One thing we can both agree on though, is that there is always more to read. But you know, I can't really complain about that.Twenty bucks for a book is twenty bucks I don't spend junk food.
twilight
and shadow of the hedgemon. not that it was a bad book, it's a good book, i just lost interest half way through about a year ago, don't want to restart the book, but can't really find where i left off either and don't exactly want to reread a few chapters just to find it.
as to those talking about lord of the rings, i'll have to agree that i found them to be slow paced when i tried to read them. but when i have my next phase where i watch all three movies at once, i know i'll get far enough into it to want to read more so about it, and only the books can provide more insight for me to fully understand it all.
and shadow of the hedgemon. not that it was a bad book, it's a good book, i just lost interest half way through about a year ago, don't want to restart the book, but can't really find where i left off either and don't exactly want to reread a few chapters just to find it.
as to those talking about lord of the rings, i'll have to agree that i found them to be slow paced when i tried to read them. but when i have my next phase where i watch all three movies at once, i know i'll get far enough into it to want to read more so about it, and only the books can provide more insight for me to fully understand it all.
Yeah, but I've had so many encounters when I've said things like this and have been flamed so much for it that I am now a burnt crisp that smells a bit like sheep.OhJohnNo said:
Then again, it's the internet. Flamers are to be expected every time you voice an opinion.
On topic, I just remembered a book I read in school called "Out of Shadows"
I didn't stop reading, because I had to read it and review it as an assignment, but I would have stopped about a chapter in if I could have.
It's about racism in Zimbabwe in the 80s or something like that. It takes about half of the book to get to anything interesting, and then it skips ahead 10 years, changes half of the people's personalities, and changes the plot from "White kids bully black kid" to "White kids grow up and try to assasinate someone".
It doesn't really make much sense in hindsight.
The Great Gatsby. I had to read it for school, to write a review for it in English (I'm Norwegian). I ended up looking the book up on Wikipedia to get a brief summary of the plot...
I got an A. >.>
I got an A. >.>
I don't blame you for throwing it. It would probably be more interesting than reading it.LadyTiamat said:
Also, I will now give you a cookie for reading some Lovecraft. He is an awesome writer.
Anything by Dean Koontz... Anything. I tried reading "By the light of the moon" and it made my head hurt just how unengaging it was. I've never read a book that seemed like it was trying so hard to be labyrinthine and complicated while ultimately ending up boring.
Also the latest atrocity by Jeffrey Archer. I picked it up off the shelf in a book shop and read just a few sentences. That was enough for me to put it down and not look back.
Also the latest atrocity by Jeffrey Archer. I picked it up off the shelf in a book shop and read just a few sentences. That was enough for me to put it down and not look back.
about 90% of books your required to read in high school literature classes.
take your pick, honestly.
boring books are boring.
take your pick, honestly.
boring books are boring.
it's a good book man, and you should give it a try and finish reading it. it was a while ago since i read it, but i think i might know which characters might be the ones pissing you off. some of the bastard characters redeem themselves by the end of it, while others still might piss you off a bit. and there are a few other characters that you might end up wanting to punch in the face in the final book, but it wraps it up all quite nicely and is definitely worth putting up with dick characters just to see how the whole story turns out.Noblemartel said:
I stopped reading Gormenghast. I actually dig all the descriptive stuff, but that book is not one you can sit down and just read for a couple hours. I'll definitely come back to it, eventually.
I also don't understand the big deal about American Gods. I love Neil Gaiman's style, but the book just didn't seem to go anywhere, or have a point. Neverwhere was much better in that regard. The Harry Potter series, well, I actually read through the whole series twice. I'm not sure why; they just went in through one side of my head and out the other. Weird.
I also don't understand the big deal about American Gods. I love Neil Gaiman's style, but the book just didn't seem to go anywhere, or have a point. Neverwhere was much better in that regard. The Harry Potter series, well, I actually read through the whole series twice. I'm not sure why; they just went in through one side of my head and out the other. Weird.
It's a good kind of conundum, though, you have to admit. Me, I've convinced myself I'm a writer, so I'm always buying books. If you need an extra cash venue and you don't mind a little healthy living I say stick your pocket change into a jar instead of a vending machine, drive thru, or just junk food you buy on your weekly or bi-weekly grocery runs. You might be surprised how much you actually buy (or not, depending on your life style).daftalchemist said:
That's how I buy books - by spending the money I'd normally spend on junk food on books. That way I can still buy games.
A farewell to arms by Hemingway.
I liked the wordplay in the title and everybody would always say he was one of the great American authors but fuck me I just couldn't give a damn about any of the characters.
And the writing was kind of bland.
Also even though I liked it; Great Expectations. It was just really long and I had other stuff to do.
I liked the wordplay in the title and everybody would always say he was one of the great American authors but fuck me I just couldn't give a damn about any of the characters.
And the writing was kind of bland.
Also even though I liked it; Great Expectations. It was just really long and I had other stuff to do.
Toxin, by Robin Cook.
The man can't write to save his life.
The protagonist is portrayed as a whiny, unlikable jackass who throws temper tantrums every ten flipping minutes.
He tries to make this tragic event where the main character's daughter dies, but can't portray emotions properly because, again, he can't write.
I have never supported book burning, but in this case I might make an exception.
The man can't write to save his life.
The protagonist is portrayed as a whiny, unlikable jackass who throws temper tantrums every ten flipping minutes.
He tries to make this tragic event where the main character's daughter dies, but can't portray emotions properly because, again, he can't write.
I have never supported book burning, but in this case I might make an exception.
Lol, that's still a problem though because I don't buy junk food very often at all, nor do I get fast food very often, and I don't even buy coffee from a coffee shop very often either. I'm pretty sure the thing I spend money on the most is yarn right now, and I'm not sure how I feel about cutting back on yarn purchases in order to buy books...SnakeoilSage said:
Oh well. I've only just started the second Gaunt's Ghosts omnibus anyway, and that's a good thousand pages, so I'm set for a while. I love big, thick books!
